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kentuck

(111,104 posts)
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 04:24 PM Jun 2017

Did Trump lie about the "tapes"?

Although he only suggested that he taped the conversation between himself and Comey.

Strongly suggested, some might say.

Or was it just a comment to manipulate and confuse the testimony of James Comey?

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leftstreet

(36,109 posts)
1. Probably just threw it out as a threat
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 04:26 PM
Jun 2017

and too narcissistic to remember much of what he/Comey talked about

Bullying tactic I think

oldtime dfl_er

(6,931 posts)
2. If it was just to manipulate
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 04:26 PM
Jun 2017

and / or intimidate, it was grade school level. Trump doesn't realize that he's dealing with one of the most highly trained, professional G-men to ever walk the streets of DC. Not unlike Barack Obama, he (Comey) thinks many moves in advance, and his skills at "reading" the bad guys are second to none.

 

mhw

(678 posts)
3. He lied about them to threaten Comey. I don't think he has any.
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 04:27 PM
Jun 2017

Because that's how pathological he is.

 

mhw

(678 posts)
10. Or that. His attorney probably doused them with gasoline & lit a match,
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 04:45 PM
Jun 2017

..in an undisclosed location on a boat in the middle of the ocean.

Besides, who even uses "tapes" anyway?
Maybe 50 yrs ago when DT was a young fool.

Did they say tapes or recordings?


#0-grid1

 

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)
4. It was some kind of a half assed threat to scare Comey.
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 04:28 PM
Jun 2017

You can take anything trump says at face value, it's all bullshit.

kentuck

(111,104 posts)
5. But his lawyer said that Trump did not lie...
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 04:34 PM
Jun 2017

Well, that was a bald-faced lie by his lawyer, I would say.

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)
8. He's either lying about the tapes...
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 04:37 PM
Jun 2017

or lying about what's on 'em.

Either way... Trump is, in the choice words of Vincente Fox, a fucken liar

Brother Buzz

(36,444 posts)
9. It was an amateur attempt to see if Comey had (illegally?) taped the conversations, too,
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 04:42 PM
Jun 2017

The orange anus' tape will never see the light of day because it totally vindicates what Comey said.

GallopingGhost

(2,404 posts)
11. Trump is not a liar.
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 04:49 PM
Jun 2017

His lawyer said so and you can believe it, believe me.

If there are or were tapes, or whatever lying orange weasels utilize to record someone these days, they'll never surface.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
13. He says the first thing that comes to mind.
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 04:51 PM
Jun 2017

Zero impulse control. He is not concerned with fact or fiction. Just what he thinks at the time will make him sound tough and smart. Not easy when you are a dumb snowflake.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
14. "Tapes" is a broad term for
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 04:55 PM
Jun 2017

Vague recollections of an addled old man. That is an alternate fact you can take to the bank.

procon

(15,805 posts)
15. If his lips are moving, Trump is lying.
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 05:11 PM
Jun 2017

We all know how impulsive Trump is, he has no control. If that idiot had any tapes that made him look good he would have released them already so he could gloat about how great he is.

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